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Reporter for the Wall Street Journal, where he writes a weekly column called "Middle East Crossroads"; author of The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam's Holiest Shrine and Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu
The Anatomy of Radicalization Mohammed Emwazi isn’t the only westerner who has joined ISIS. About 5,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq come from Europe, North America, or Australia. Just yesterday, three men were arrested in Brooklyn on charges that they planned to carry out attacks here and then join ISIS in Syria. And it’s not only men becoming radicalized. Earlier this week, London police said three teenage British girls suspected of running away to join ISIS have likely made it to Syria. Why has ISIS been so successful at recruiting men and women from western cities?
ISIS and al-Qaeda in Paris? More information has been coming out about the men responsible for the Paris attacks last week. One of the brothers who killed twelve people at the offices Charlie Hebdo magazine spent time in a French prison for jihadi activities. While he was there, he met the man who killed four hostages at a kosher supermarket. The men claimed to be affiliated with both al-Qaeda and ISIS. Are those international terrorist groups behind the attacks, or was this a homegrown operation?
Karzai Says Taliban Killing Afghans 'in Service to America' Relations between the US and Afghanistan just keep getting worse and worse. Chuck Hagel, the new Secretary of Defense, was greeted by suicide bomb attacks last week when he arrived in Afghanistan. He held a tense meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai , and as Hagel was leaving Afghanistan, there was another insider attack near Kabul, leaving two US soldiers dead. Yaroslov Trofimov is the Afghanistan editor for the Wall Street Journal .
Karzai Says Taliban Killing Afghans 'in Service to America' Relations between the US and Afghanistan just keep getting worse and worse. Chuck Hagel, the new Secretary of Defense, was greeted by suicide bomb attacks last week when he arrived in Afghanistan. He held a tense meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai , and as Hagel was leaving Afghanistan, there was another insider attack near Kabul, leaving two US soldiers dead. Yaroslov Trofimov is the Afghanistan editor for the Wall Street Journal .
Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?
Claudio Magris: Blameless In Claudio Magris' Blameless, a museum of the implements of war and destruction is created to inspire peace. But this conversation is not just about war and peace.
Revisiting showrunner Steven Bochco on his memoir Steven Bochco, the writer-producer behind record-breaking Emmy winners Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue, fought battles with everyone from out-of-control actors to network censors in his long career. He isn’t afraid to tell those tales in his memoir, Truth Is a Total Defense. This week we revisit the conversation where he shared some of his favorite stories with us.
How do Trump supporters feel about the Paris Accord? Globally and around the U.S., there are strong opinions whether or not the Paris Climate Accord is a good idea. The American exit is either a horrifying abdication of American leadership or a forceful and long overdue statement about U.S. sovereignty.